-> ''[[UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar The war]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo has developed,]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice not necessarily to Japan's advantage.]] ... In the event of a sustained atomic bombing, the protection of the Japanese nation would be difficult.''-->-- ''Emperor Hirohito's 'Jewel Voice Broadcast', August 1945''

->'''Major-General Robert H Soule, US Army:''' How are the Glosters doing?\\'''Brigadier Thomas Brodie, British Army:''' A bit sticky, things are pretty sticky down there.\\''(Said whilst 650 British soldiers from the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment were deployed on a crossing on the Imjin River during the Korean war and fighting over 10,000 Chinese troops.)''

->'''Xykon:''' What happened?\\'''Redcloak:''' Yeah, uh we had a small problem with the Gate.\\'''Xykon:''' The forest is on fire.\\'''Redcloak:''' I '''just said''' we had a small problem! Geez!\\''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''"You know, there are certain flaws in [[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate this movie]]."''-->-- '''Tom Servo''', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

->"To call it an understatement would be an understatement."-->--''Assassination Vacation'', Sarah Vowell

-> [A] District Attorney in Texas is on trial for building himself a sweet rig on the county dime. The machine in question sports "two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light."... "I would not configure a backup computer in that way," says Mr. Gregg, FBI senior forensic examiner and reigning Understatement King.-->-[[PennyArcade Tycho]], [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/3/12/ commentary]] on ''The Case of Texas vs. [=KryoLord=]''

-> Not even Spock had stayed aboard for that -- he found breathing vacuum for any length of time to be aesthetically unpleasent.-->-- ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Spock's World]]'', Creator/DianeDuane

-> SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker is a tricky foe. His jokes are never funny. Sometimes they hurt people.-->-- ''I Am Batman'', Catherine Hapka

->'''Ford:''' I rescued you from the Earth.->'''Arthur:''' And what's happened to the Earth?->'''Ford:''' It's been demolished.->'''Arthur:''' Has it.->'''Ford:''' Yes. It just boiled away into space.->'''Arthur:''' Look, I'm a bit upset about that.-->--''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' radio series

->I am supposed to call for help, if I run into trouble I can't handle on my own.\\Being captured by the Volturi and likely to be [[PersonAsVerb Chelseaed]] at any moment seemed like it might be that sort of trouble.-->--'''Elspeth''', Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}

-> Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops.-->--'''General Buck Turgidson''', ''DrStrangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb''

-->Enemy Agent: ''You killed two of my men''-->Hetty: ''It was an overreaction''-->--'''Series/NCISLosAngeles'''

-> Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. [[OhCrap All four engines have stopped]]. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. [[StiffUpperLip I trust you are not in too much distress]].-->--British Airways pilot, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9 after flying through a cloud of volanic ash.]]

-> UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler was a very naughty man.-->-- '''Educational Video''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''

->Collecting customs duties in America had not been one of Britain's glorious successes in the eighteenth century-->Robert Middlekauf, ''The Glorious Cause: the American Revolution 1763-1789''